<h4>What is an offender manager?</h4>

An Offender Manager is someone from the probation service.


<h4>What does an Offender Manager do?</h4>

Your Offender Manager will ask you:<vr/>

&#8226; what you think led you to offend in the first place<br/>
&#8226; what you think might lead you to offend again<br/>

They will talk to you about what you might do to reduce your chances of offending again. This could be work or training, getting help with managing money or having treatment for drugs and alcohol misuse. They will build these things into an action plan for you to follow during your sentence. You will be expected to co-operate completely with this plan. 
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Your Offender Manager will meet you regularly to see how you are getting on. We try to make sure you have the same Offender Manager from start to finish, so you can get to know each other.


<h4>What can you expect?</h4>

Your Offender Manager will want to know how you are getting on with the activities on your plan. This could include:<br/>

&#8226; learning a skill<br/>
&#8226; getting specialist advice or help<br/>
&#8226; having treatment for drug or alcohol addiction<br/>

You may not always get the help you want when you want it. But, if you don’t, you should be told why. 
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If you’re in custody, you may also have an Offender Supervisor who will help to arrange some parts of your plan. They’ll keep your Offender Manager informed of your progress and any difficulties you might be having, and will check regularly 
on how you are doing.


<h4>What do we expect from you?</h4>

You must comply with all the expectations of your sentence. 
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We also expect you to:<br/>

&#8226; keep up a good relationship with your Offender Manager and Offender Supervisor, talk to them about what you need, and do what they ask you to do<br/>
&#8226; stick to the sentence plan you make with your Offender Manager – it has been put 
together specially for you<br/>
&#8226; make the best of this chance to make changes in your life so that you will not harm yourself or anyone else by re-offending<br/>

Your Offender Manager can help you build your plan – it’s up to you to make 
it work.